User: Bridge brings bad feng shui

THE four-way overhead pedestrian bridge at Komtar in Penang has been described by regular users as ugly, not user-friendly for old folk and the disabled, and causing bad feng shui to the nearby shops.

A CCTV camera on the bridge has also captured footage of couples engaged in sexual acts in the quiet hours of the night.

State secretariat chief engineer Lim Thean Heng said CCTV footage also showed that there had been regular cases of mugging there.

He added that the CCTV transmitted live feeds to the nearby police station for police action and the Penang Municipal Council (MPPP).

Lim said the state government was studying various alternatives to replace the bridge or to improve it for public safety.

Replacing it with an underground crossing is desirable but it will be expensive. It will also need 24-hour lighting and ventilation, and we must prevent it from flooding when it rains, he said.

In an interview with several nearby residents and traders by StarMetro North, Phuah Tean Sum, 67, claimed that nobody in his neighbourhood had liked the bridge ever since it was built in 1993.

I hate this bridge, even though I use it six or seven times a day, said Phuah, who described the bridge as an ugly structure that marred the streetscape.

My friends shops closest to the bridge suffered a drop in business because the bridge blocks their shops facade.

Its very bad feng shui for Komtar, he added.

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User: Bridge brings bad feng shui